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BiographyReverend Beyers Naudé
Beyers Naudé was born in Roodepoort, in the then Transvaal, on 10 May 1915. He was named after Christiaan Frederik Beyers, a Boer general who was close to his…
BiographySedick Isaacs
Sedick Isaacs was born in 1939 and grew up in the Bo-Kaap, Cape Town, Western Province (now Western Cape). He was the second eldest in a family of four…
BiographySylvia Neame
Sylvia Brereton Neame (also known as Sylvia Neame-Jahn) was born in 1937, one of four children. She had two older brothers, Peter and Graham, as well as a twin…
BiographyGerald Patrick Kearney
Gerald Patrick ‘Paddy’ Kearney was born in Pietermaritzburg, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal) on 28 August 1942. He was educated at Catholic schools and for some…
BiographyDavid Hemson
David Hemson was born on 18 July 1945 in Durban, Natal. His father was a serviceman and by default Hemson was granted British citizenship. Hemson grew up in a…
Chatsworth, Suburb of Durban
… pegging period lapsed the Asiatic Land Tenure Act of 1946 was passed. This meant that no “Asiatic” (another name … lines. The Pegging Acts of 1942-43 and the…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 4 Glossary
… end of World War I and was formally disbanded on April 19, 1946 [12] UN Partition Plan - This was a proposal by the UN … Hoffman, Bruce. "The bombing of The…
Fenuel Mogatusi
Mr Fenuel Mogatusi, aged 22, a Soweto school student,was detained in July 1976 and died in detention on 28 September 1976.The Act under which he was held was…
BiographyHector Pieterson
Hector Pieterson* was born in 1963. He became the iconic image of the 1976 Soweto uprising in apartheid South Africa when a newspaper photograph by Sam Nzima -…
Statement by Oliver Tambo at the Funeral of Moses Mbheki Mabhida, 29 March 1986, Maputo
We have gathered here today to bid farewell to a warrior. We have converged from all corners of the globe to pay homage to a revolutionary. We have convened on…
Reflections on the Pan Africanist Congress ‘Underground’ in the Era of the 1976 Youth Uprisings
U.S. Foreign Policy Towards Apartheid South Africa, 1948–1994 conflict of interests by Alex Thomson
Summary notes of a meeting between a South African and a United States delegation: Geneva, 20 April 1986
Report from a meeting between a South African and a United States delegation in which the South African government's position on influx control was discussed,…
ArchiveLand and Liberty! the Unity Movement and the Land Question, 1933 – 1976 by Robin Kayser
The People's Past: Towards Transforming the Present by Luli Callinicos (Critical Arts Vol 4 No 2), 1986
Speech by Oliver Tambo at the Swedish People`s Parliament against Apartheid, Stockholm, 21 February 1986
Press release by Khotso Seatlholo, chairman of the Soweto Students’ Representative Council, 29 October 1976
Tunisian President Habib Bourguiba, in office since independence in 1956, is overthrown in a bloodless coup.
Statement of Deputy President Thabo Mbeki at the National Assembly, Cape Town 14 June 1996
Statement To The Delegation Of The United Nations Special Committee Against Apartheid, London, April 1964
”March Forward, United, Through Struggle To Freedom”: Statement On Return To South Africa, October 1949
”Proposed Round Table Conference”: Statement At A Press Conference On Return From India In June 1947
Speech by President Nelson Mandela on receiving the freedom of Grahamstown Grahamstown, 16 May 1996
Speech by President Nelson Mandela on receiving the freedom of Grahamstown Grahamstown, 16 May 1996
Toespraak deur president nelson Mandela tydens ‘n dinee aangebied deur Mimosa Rolprentproduksies Bloemfontein, 22 Augustus 1996
Toespraak deur president nelson Mandela tydens ‘n dinee aangebied deur Mimosa Rolprentproduksies Bloemfontein, 22 Augustus 1996
Speech by President Mandela on being welcomed to the city of Westminster London, 9 July 1996
Speech by President Mandela on being welcomed to the city of Westminster London, 9 July 1996
Speech by President Nelson Mandela at the signing of the constitution Sharpeville, 10 December 1996
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the SA freedom day celebrations Pretoria, 27 April 1996
Master of Ceremonies; Distinguished Heads of State and Dignitaries from abroad; Ministers; Honourable Guests; Friends and Compatriots. For generations…